Most people won't realize that writing is a craft. You have to take your apprenticeship in it like anything else.

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The real sin against life is to abuse and destroy beauty, even one's own -even...

The real sin against life is to abuse and destroy beauty, even one's own -even...

One of the marks of a gift is to have the courage of it.

One of the marks of a gift is to have the courage of it.

I have not much interest in anyone's personal history after the tenth year, not even...

I have not much interest in anyone's personal history after the tenth year, not even...

Physical infidelity is the signal, the notice given, that all fidelities are undermined.

Physical infidelity is the signal, the notice given, that all fidelities are undermined.

I was right not to be afraid of any thief but myself, who will end...

I was right not to be afraid of any thief but myself, who will end...

Our being is subject to all the chances of life. There are so many things...

Our being is subject to all the chances of life. There are so many things...

I shall try to tell the truth, but the result will be fiction.

I shall try to tell the truth, but the result will be fiction.

Love must be learned, and learned again; there is no end to it.

Love must be learned, and learned again; there is no end to it.

It is such a relief to be told the truth.

It is such a relief to be told the truth.

They had both noticed that a life of dissipation sometimes gave to a face the...

They had both noticed that a life of dissipation sometimes gave to a face the...

Human life itself may be almost pure chaos, but the work of the artist is...

Human life itself may be almost pure chaos, but the work of the artist is...

Experience is what really happens to you in the long run; the truth that finally...

Experience is what really happens to you in the long run; the truth that finally...

The real sin against life is to abuse and destroy beauty, even one's own even...

The real sin against life is to abuse and destroy beauty, even one's own even...

It's a man's world, and you men can have it.

It's a man's world, and you men can have it.

I was right not to be afraid of any thief but myself, who will end...

I was right not to be afraid of any thief but myself, who will end...

You can't write about people out of textbooks, and you can't use jargon. You have...

You can't write about people out of textbooks, and you can't use jargon. You have...

God made man stronger but not necessarily more intelligent. He gave women intuition and femininity....

God made man stronger but not necessarily more intelligent. He gave women intuition and femininity....

Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.

Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.

Successful organizations, including the Military, have learned that the higher the risk, the more necessary...

Successful organizations, including the Military, have learned that the higher the risk, the more necessary...

The universe is an intelligence test

The universe is an intelligence test